The Uttar Pradesh Assembly has unanimously passed the U.P. Goods and Service Tax Bill, 2017.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath termed it as revolutionary move which is in the interest of both consumers and traders.

After the Bill is passed by both Houses UP will join the likes of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Telangana, Bihar and Rajasthan whose legislatures have given their nod to the GST.

ICJ refuses to play Kulbhushan’s video.

During the public hearing on the death sentence awarded to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav by Pakistan, the International Court of Justice refused Pakistan’s request to play Jadhav’s alleged confession video.

This came after the Pakistan’s counsel claimed that Jadhav had confessed to being an Indian spy

It is after 18 years that an India Pakistan dispute is playing in the world court.

Impeachment against Duterte rejected.

Philippine parliamentary panel has rejected a proposal for an impeachment motion against President Rodrigo Duterte for his alleged involvement in extrajudicial killings and other crimes.

The failed proposal, filed by legislator Gary Alejano, called for Duterte’s impeachement for “culpable violation of the Constitution, betrayal of public trust, engaging in bribery and other crimes”.

First 300 Run Stand In Women’s ODIs

Indian women’s cricket team openers Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut have become the first pair in women’s ODIs to share a 300-plus stand for any wicket.

The duo achieved this feat against Ireland during the 8th match of the quadrangular ODI series in South Africa. Sharma and Raut put up 320 runs in 45.3 overs for the first wicket.

Captain of Indian women’s Cricket team – Mithali Raj

RBI tells banks to Follow CERT-In advice

The The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks to follow the instructions of government organisation CERT-In to prevent attack by ransomware, ‘WannaCry’, which has impacted various IT networks in over 150 countries.

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team has come out with a list of dos and don’ts and a webcast on how to protect networks from the global ransomware attack.

Syria peace talks restart in Geneva.

A new round of Syria peace talks aiming to resolve a six year conflict, opens in Geneva.

The UN’s Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said, the negotiations are focused on four separate baskets: governance, a new constitution, elections and combating terrorism in the war-ravaged country.

The Syrian regime delegation is being headed by UN ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari.

Plastic park to come up in Panipat.

Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister, Mr Ananth Kumar announced to open 2 new CIPET centres in Haryana, a plastic park at Panipat on an area of 75 acres at an estimated cost of Rs 1,500 crore and a pharmaceutical park at Karnal.

Ananth Kumar said 9 CIPET centres were in the pipeline in Medak, Jaipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Haridwar, Baghalpur, Varanasi, Agartala, Mumbai and Ranchi.

India to get chemical protective clothes

The United States will be selling high-tech Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST) protective clothing worth $75 million to India.

It will be help Indian Soldiers from exposure to any kind of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warfare.

Over the last few years, the US has signed more than USD 10 billion in defence sales to India

WB makes Bengal mandatory in schools.

West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee has announced that from now, students of all schools irrespective of boards or mother tongue would have to learn three languages from Class I to X, one of which would have to be Bengali.

English medium schools will have to make Bengali an optional subject from Class I so that the students can study it either as a second or third language.

Disha Microfin gets final nod from RBI.

Disha Microfin has received final licence from the Reserve Bank of India to set up a small finance bank.

The small finance bank will be called Fincare Small Finance Bank, which is targeting a loan book of Rs. 20,000 crore over the next five years. It will commence operations in July.

The bank will continue to focus on the priority sectors and retail segments.

The expanded Preferential Trade Agreement, between India and Chile will come into effect from May 16. Under this trade agreement, both the countries have offered to lower or eliminate duties on a number of items traded with each other.

Chile has offered duty concessions on about 1800 goods including agri items, chemicals, textiles while India has offered concessions to Chile on 1031 products.

Indian Railways to install 19,000 CCTV.

In order to ensure round the clock security to passengers including women, Indian Railways will install 19,000 high definition CCTV cameras at over 983 stations across the country under the Nirbhaya Fund at an approved cost of Rs 500 crore.

The CCTV footages would be monitored by trained RPF personnel and the concerned station master will also be given access to the CCTV camera footage.

Viswanathan has held various responsibilities, including Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) and also as City Police Commissioner, Coimbatore.

He was also in CBI on deputation and had served as Superintendent of Police in several districts.

4 New Judges Take Oath In Delhi HC.

Four new Delhi High Court judges, including two women, were sworn in taking the working strength of the court to 38.

The four judges are – Justices Rekha Palli, Prathiba Singh, Navin Chawla and C Hari Shankar. The four were appointed as judges by the President.

With the elevation of Justices Rekha Palli and Prathiba Singh, there will be 10 women judges in the high court.

World’s smallest satellite for NASA.

Rifath Sharook, an 18-year-old student from Tamil Nadu, has developed the world’s smallest and lightest satellite. He is all set to break a global space record by launching the lightest satellite in the world, weighing a mere 64 grams.

The satellite is made using reinforced carbon fibre polymer, is named ‘KalamSat’, after former President APJ Abdul Kalam.

International Day of Families celebrated

The International Day of Families is observed on the 15th of May every year.

The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993.

This Day provides an opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating to families and to increase knowledge of the social and demographic processes affecting families.

Theme of International Day of Families 2017 : “Families, education and well-being”.

China and Vietnam to minimise disputes.

China and Vietnam will manage and properly control their maritime disputes, avoiding actions to complicate or widen them, so as to maintain peace in the South China Sea.

China claims 90 % of the potentially energy rich South China Sea. Besides Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines and Taiwan claim to parts of the route, through which about $5 trillion of trade passes each year.

Emergency in Yemen over cholera outbreak

A state of emergency has been declared in the capital, Sanaa, due to a deadly outbreak of cholera. The International Committee of the Red Cross has stated that the disease killed at least 115 people and left more than 8,000 others infected across the country.

The World Health Organization now classifies Yemen as one of the worst humanitarian emergencies in the world.

Macron appoints Philippe as PM of France

French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Edouard Philippe as France’s new prime minister making his first major political decision a day after being formally installed as the country’s leader.

The prime minister, who presides over government, will be instrumental in rallying support to help Macron form a parliamentary majority in next elections.